1977 Papua New Guinean general election

1977 Papua New Guinean general election

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All 109 seats in the National Parliament 55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	60.35%
Party Leader Seats Pangu Pati Michael Somare 30 PPP Julius Chan 16 United Party Matthew Taso 23 Papua Besena Josephine Abaijah 5 Country Party Sinake Giregire 2 National Party Thomas Kavali 2 Mataungan Association 3 Independents – 27 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 18 June and 9 July 1977,^[1] the first since independence from Australia in 1975. The Pangu Party led by Prime Minister Michael Somare emerged as the largest in the National Parliament. Somare subsequently formed a coalition government with the People's Progress Party (PPP) and several independent MPs. Voter turnout was 60.3%.